Piers And Low Wall Around Castle Precinct To South Of Castle is a Grade II listed building in the Lancaster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 March 1995. Wall, pier.

Piers And Low Wall Around Castle Precinct To South Of Castle

WRENN ID: twisted-lancet-crow
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Lancaster
Country: England
Date first listed: 13 March 1995
Type: Wall, pier
Source: Historic England listing

Description

LANCASTER

SD4761NW CASTLE PARK 1685-1/6/60 (North side) Piers and low wall around Castle precinct to south of Castle

GV II

Set of 12 piers and a dwarf wall, originally supporting railings. Early C19. Sandstone ashlar. Octagonal in plan, with a faceted pointed cap above a pronounced string course. Near the centre of the south side a pair of piers originally flanked an iron gate. HISTORY: placed to demarcate the boundary of the Castle Park which was laid out on and near the castle ditch. Not marked on Binns' map of 1821, but clearly shown on the 5 feet to the mile Ordnance Survey map surveyed in 1845. (Ordnance Survey: Map of Lancaster at Five Feet to One Mile: Southampton: 1849-).

Listing NGR: SD4731761798

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